On January 26, 2021, it was revealed that Patrick Cramer will receive the 2021 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
The award is one of the most prestigious in Europe and endowed with 500,000 Swiss francs. With this prize, the Louis-Jeantet Foundation honours the director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry for his pioneering work in the field of gene transcription. Cramer’s research focuses on the molecular machines, called RNA polymerases that control this fundamental process of life.
“Patrick Cramer has visualized the structures of many of these cellular copying machines in atomic detail for the first time. He demonstrated how RNA polymerases translate genetic information and how they work as a team with other protein complexes. His ground-breaking research provides deep insights into gene transcription with unprecedented detail,” says Marina Rodnina, Managing Director at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry.
Congratulations to Patrick Cramer!